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Poker Player Protest Winnipeg Club Poker Rooms |
Several poker gamblers who were arrested last year when several Winnipeg Club Poker games were raided are now contesting the charges and could face trial in 2009. Poker is a game with international appeal from land tournaments to the online casinos, players turn out in masse to participate in this skill game. But in Winnipeg, players crossed the line when not gaining a license for the poker games from the Manitoba Gaming Control Commission. Although players can play online casinos poker from their homes, the 57 players uncovered in the raid faced charges for participating the in land poker games.
But on the lighter side of the issue, none of the 57 players rounded up in the bust will have any indication of the bust on their records if they plead guilty to the charges and agree to take a course from the Salvation Army that includes information on problem gambling. The majority of those gamblers involved have taken the deal and are willing to attend the Salvation Army course. Others though are more resistant to the arrangement and have instead entered “not-guilty” pleas and will apparently represent themselves in court in protest of the charges.
The argument from the land and online casinos poker players resides in the fact that they object to the mandate that they attend a Salvation Army course on problem gambling – they allege that the implications of the course are offensive.
The majority of the players though can close this chapter in their lives and rest assured that there are no charges on their criminal record. The others will have to wait at least one full year before the case is brought before the court.
Source:http://www.gamblecraft.com/ |
